At the end of the summer three library patrons (one child, one young adult and one adult) who collect the most stamps will be receive Vermont Library Ambassador Awards. They'll also each win a copy of Where the Books Are, a book by Pat Belding about the history and architecture of Vermont's public libraries.

VLA President Virgil Fuller is a second generation librarian and director of Chelsea Public Library. He commented in a press release, "One of my favorite things about Vermont is the huge number of different libraries all over the state. Nearly every town has a cool library somewhere in it. We want to share our love of libraries with all Vermonters."

Here are just a few interesting facts about libraries in Vermont:

The Alice M. Ward Memorial Library in Canaan was the northern-most U.S. stagecoach stop on a route from Franklin, N.H. to Montreal, Canada.

The Brookfield Free Public Library is the oldest continually operating library in Vermont.

Each year, VPR collaborates with the Vermont Humanities Council for "Vermont Reads," a statewide reading program. This year, people around Vermont are reading and discussing Haroun and the Sea of Stories by acclaimed author Salman Rushdie.

Sharon Colvin, Vermont's new Youth Services Consultant for the Vermont Department of Libraries, recently had the honor of announcing the winner of the 2014-2015 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award to a room full of Vermont teachers and librarians. However, many of them had already heard the award is going to Chris Grabenstein, author of Escape form Mr. Lemoncello's Library. It's hard to keep a secret from a good librarian.